Linux on NCoT Tech

Obsidian file sync for free

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:28:32 +0000

I use Obsidian as my central note storing system. Here’s how I sync all my files between my phone, laptop and desktop machines. For free.

Linux in the wild

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:28:05 +0000

While shopping I find a self service checkout that’s having a bad day.

Maximising the fun in Linux

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 21:39:42 +0000

Or in other words, I ditch NixOS because it’s awkward and weird, and I install Arch because it’s awkward and weird, but in a different way. And here’s my opinion.

Making Computers Fun Again

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 23:23:22 +0000

It’s nearly midnight, I’m supposed to be going to sleep but downstairs my Surface Pro 7+ is busy compiling a Linux kernel while installing NixOS. Getting that far required a lot of fussing about and a desk fan. And it’s great fun. I’ve not had this much entertainment from my computers since they looked like this…

When did Linux get so complicated?

Sat, 21 Jan 2023 09:36:09 +0000

Today on “weird crap that seems undocumented on the Internet” we have DNS that doesn’t want to resolve and DHCP that is acting weird. My home DNS server decided it didn’t want to resolve things any more, and it took far too long to figure out why.

SO my network broke…

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 23:14:13 +0000

But this is not a post about that, that post was great, it was long and descriptive and kind of amusing to read. And then I deleted it by accident due to some questionable UI choices in WordPress and the wonky trackpad on my tablet.

Did you know WordPress will permanently delete posts without prompting. Hit that “delete permanently” button and it’s gone. Not even Windows is that mean. My mouse pointer was a pixel into the hitbox for “Delete permanently” and I was trying to hit “restore”. And it went.